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KINSHIP ORGANIZATION IN SOUTH-WEST 71
almost indeï¬Ånite extent. Probably some term is commonly
extended to about 60 or 70 per cent of the people of these
neighbouring districts, and could be extended to -the remainder
should occasion arise. A clan would, normally, contain at least
ï¬Åfteen to twenty adults, and it is clear that if the terms were
extended to two or three clans, they could easily be
applied to all. Hence every man would probably refer to or
address by a relationship term not fewer than 350 persons, and
almost certainly rnore.
In the following list of kinship terms, the native word is
given together with its primary meaning in English, and following
upon this are given the kindred to whom it is extended. It is
a feature of Malekulan kinship, however, that different words
are often used for address and reference, and unfortunately it is
not always clear from the notes whether certain forms are used
in address only, or whether they are also used for the ï¬Årst person
singular possessive. The close possessive is employed for kiusfolk
in almost all cases and is designated in Seniang for the ï¬Årst
person singular by the suffix -ngk, and for the second singular
by the suï¬Åix -m, but it is probably not safe to assume that those
terms which lack the ending "-ngk are used in address only, nor
that the vocative form of those ending in -n_gk can be arrived at
by deleting this possessive sufï¬Åx, though in many cases this may
be so. For the sake of simplicity and space, the following initials
will be used throughout in place of the full English kinship
terms :—
F = father ; M = mother ; S = son ; D_ = daughter ;
B = brother ; Sis. = sister ; H = husband ; W = wiie ;
Ch. = child; e = elder ; y = younger. ~
Not infrequently the terms used by a man and a woman for
the same relative are different. When this is so, the letters (m.s.)
or (w.s.) will follow the English translation according as the
speaker or person whose kinsman is being referred to is male or
female.
Amo (2nd sing. hinam).
Primary meaning : mother.
Extended to: M.eSis'., F.B.W., amo lamp [hinam lamp).
M.ySis. amo tivari (hinam tivari).